189:. The farm vines were expected to produce 1,500 kilograms (1.5 long tons) of grapes and, as well as other fruit and vegetables with over 4,100 kilograms (4 long tons) of melons, and as a goat run it was unsurpassed. While the Dalkeith farm was successful and recognised throughout the colony, it could not grow wheat or support enough cattle to sustain his family. In October 1853, Dalkeith Cottage of 350 acres (140 ha) of land with a garden of 5 acres (2.0 ha) was offered for sale or let, with vines and melons, with buildings and stock yard, to 'be sold a bargain, as the present proprietor is going to the Murray'.
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112:(1815). However claims towards having lost an eye in the battle have been dismissed, as he was in Edinburgh forestalling bankruptcy just months before, and had no time to 'pursue a military career to the rank and prestige that was attributed to him'.
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